aditya, may be.

a few days ago, i saw this survey on CNN. if we send a "noah's ark" to the moon who would you exclude ?

[1] politicians
[2] lawyers
[3] smokers
[4] sales people

over 40% of the people voted for smokers. i was thinking to myself, these people must either be genuinely outrageous or entirely dim-witted. with a non-existent atmosphere, the smoke just wouldn't be there after a puff ! then I thought, 40% of americans can't be daft [!!] and i went about interpreting the news in full. obviously, there will be a biosphere to take into description and we don't want any polluting in there, do we ? so, that makes sense now.

now that we know monica will deliver a baby boy, we are thinking about baby names. chief in that list at the moment is aditya. there are a few more names both I & monica like and there are many more that either i or monica like but not jointly.

monica scans an article on the BBC that alleges dads sleep through when babies cry at nights. to make matters worse, they also assert some dads pretend to be sound asleep when moms go through their routine. the fact is, i sleep very low & thin and the slightest clamour will wake me up. people shutting car doors an entire block away, door knobs turning, switching the fan off – everything & anything can wake me up [except when monica endeavours to wake me up by ordering me to discontinue snorrrring]. so you see, i can’t empathise why monica specifically sends me a link to that article.

on the funny side, monica dispatches [this link] yesterday and said the third photo on the page is hilarious. i had a quick look and i didn’t see anything remarkable or comical. so, i had a look at all the other photos on the page – still nothing curious or amusing. so, i revisit the 3rd photo and spent a few good seconds on it. Wallah !! there it was. absolutely hilarious. i trust you all can see the funny side of it.

ok, on to essential information: while we were reasonably sure monica gets an adequate amount of vitamins & minerals from her daily intakes, we just realised that she might be low on calcium. milk is a major base for calcium, but monica won't have any of that. Lactose intolerance is the appreciable rationale. so, we have a rendezvous with the doctor to enquire what can be done about this. don't worry, it is not that she is dreadfully low on calcium. she gets a moderate amount every day, but certainly not the minimum recommended allowance.

monica's brand new web site will be up and running sometime middle of next week, i am sure. i don’t want to give away too many particulars about the site at the moment. it will be a showcase for almost everything. my ever-so-patient niece [moose] has graciously offered to do all the hard work in relation to this.

at work, my design documents are geared up for review. there are a few that still needs work, but pretty much the whole of the design is ready for inspection. after that there will be some re-work, then re-review and wallah !! time to code & implement the 3G mobile ! monica has started looking at air fares [!!] to semarang for april 05. our idea is for monica to stay here in cambridge for up to 20 weeks after delivery and then go to indonesia for a just few months where she can get abundant domestic help.